A COLLECTION of vintage motorcycles and parts discovered during a Lichfield house clearance has fetched more than £11,700 at auction.
Everything went under the hammer with Richard Winterton Auctioneers.
The sale included a "smorgasbord of old British motorbike parts" including engines, tanks, seats, frames, wheels, headlights and mudguards with brands such as BSA, Norton, AJS, AMS and Villiers.
Highlights were a late 1940s Douglas T35 Mk 3 motorcycle for restoration, with a twin-cylinder boxer engine and two Amal carbs, that sold for £1,900, and a 1940s Scott Flying Squirrel motorcycle with a Scott twin-cylinder water-cooled engine, in "true barn-find condition" that fetched £1,350.
Two very different cars from the same find – a 1984 seafoam green Nissan Datsun Sunny and a 1930s Morris Minor tourer ready for restoration, fetched £1,600 and £900 respectively.
The sale also featured other vehicles including a red 1977 MG B Roadster sports car with removable coupe top, recovered from another local house clearance, that went for £1,700, and a first edition 2018 Kia Stonic hatchback that sold for £6,000.
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